141: Chapter 141 System Warning: Countdown to Dimensional Barrier Break

Their lips parted, lingering on the moment.

In Academician Chen Shuyin's typically cool eyes, there was now a shimmer, as if filled with a pool of spring water. She was breathing slightly, her hands still clutching Jiang Chen's collar, preparing to say something to elevate this sudden romantic atmosphere.

However, Jiang Chen's expression changed in an instant.

It became uglier than if he had swallowed a fly.

"Boom—!!!"

A muffled thunderclap, one that did not belong within the atmosphere, exploded without warning above their heads.

Immediately after, the originally brilliant and quiet starry sky was suddenly scratched hard by an invisible, sharp claw. A hideous crack, glowing with an eerie purple light, tore open out of thin air directly above the luan niao starship!

Violent spatial turbulence poured down like a waterfall, striking the warship's energy shield and stirring up layers of breathtaking ripples.

"What is going on?!"

Academician Chen Shuyin's expression changed; a scientist's instinct instantly brought her back to reality from the romantic haze. She looked up sharply, staring at the crack, her eyes filled with disbelief. "Spatial tearing? That's impossible! The gravitational field parameters around Earth are stable; how could such a high-energy phenomenon occur?"

Jiang Chen did not speak.

Because in his mind, the system that usually played dead was now frantically blaring alarms at maximum volume, making his brain ache.

"Warning! Highest-level warning!"

"Detected high-dimensional lifeform forcibly brute-forcing the dimensional barrier!"

"Coordinates locked: Directly above the host!"

"Energy signature comparison complete... Identity confirmed: Wasteland Empress Jiang Wanqiu!"

"Target is in a state of extreme rage (Killing Intent: MAX) and is burning origin power to perform a blind traversal! The estimated impact point will cover the entire sky over Tianhai City!"

Jiang Chen swallowed hard, feeling a chill run down the back of his neck.

It's over.

This time, it's really over.

That girl wasn't joking; she was really coming over, blade in hand!

And looking at this commotion, how was this a visit to see family? This was clearly to catch him cheating! If she saw Academician Chen Shuyin's flushed face right now, this luan niao starship would likely be turned into scrap metal, and he would be split in two.

"Jiang Chen? Why are you spacing out?"

Seeing him silent, Academician Chen Shuyin anxiously grabbed his arm. "Quick! Let the main control computer analyze the data! This could be some unknown astronomical phenomenon, or... a probe from an alien weapon?"

"Ahem! That... Old Chen, calm down."

Jiang Chen took a deep breath, his brain spinning at high speed as he brought out the most exquisite acting skills of his life.

He pressed down on Academician Chen Shuyin's shoulders, his expression as serious as if he were giving his final words:

"This isn't aliens, nor is it an astronomical phenomenon."

"This is... ahem, this is a... side effect of the luan niao starship Anti-gravity Engine running at full power."

"Side effect?" Academician Chen Shuyin was stunned. "How did I not calculate that such a side effect would occur?"

"That's because you didn't calculate enough!"

Jiang Chen spouted nonsense with a straight face, speaking rapidly:

"This is called the 'Spatial Resonance Effect'! Just like how a car will drift if it goes too fast, this ship flew too high and cracked space itself! The radiation outside is over the limit right now; it's extremely dangerous!"

As he spoke, he pushed Academician Chen Shuyin toward the cabin door without allowing any argument, his strength surprisingly great:

"Get inside quickly! Hide in the core cabin! There's a lead plating layer there that can block radiation!"

"But..."

"No buts! I'm the captain, listen to me!"

Jiang Chen shoved her directly into the elevator and then slammed the close button.

Watching the alloy doors slowly close, cutting off Academician Chen Shuyin's confused and worried gaze, Jiang Chen finally slumped against the railing like a pile of mud.

"Phew..."

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling a hundred times more exhausted than when he was facing off against the Eagle Sauce earlier.

"Pika..."

In the corner, Pikachu, whose fur had been standing on end, cautiously approached. It looked at Jiang Chen with its big, dark eyes, pointed its little claw at the crack in the sky, then pointed at Jiang Chen, looking full of sympathy.

The meaning was as if to say: Master, it seems like you're really done for this time.

"Go, go, go, go play somewhere else."

Jiang Chen flicked its ear irritably. "You heartless thing, you didn't even know to help me block it just now."

He looked up again, watching the purple crack that was still continuously expanding, his eyes becoming extremely complicated.

There was both being touched and a headache, but more than that, it was a fear of the impending 'cleaver ending'.

"System."

Jiang Chen asked through gritted teeth in his mind, "Give me a straight answer, how long until she arrives?"

"Calculating spatial turbulence resistance..."

"Due to the target lacking precise coordinate guidance for this plane, it is a 'blind traversal', and the path is extremely tortuous."

"Estimated arrival countdown: 72 hours (3 days)."

"Three days?"

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then became ecstatic.

"Thank goodness! Still three days!"

As long as it wasn't landing immediately, there was still room to maneuver! Three days was enough time for him to come up with ten thousand reasons to explain, or just find a place to hide!

"Scared the hell out of me... I thought the show was over for me tonight."

Jiang Chen patted his chest, feeling as if he had come back to life.

However.

Before he could fully let out that sigh of relief.

The system's notification sound, just like one of those death-knell alarm clocks that only go off in the middle of the night, rang out again without emotion.

And this time, it was even harsher than before.

"Beep—!!"

"Warning! Chain reaction detected!"

"Due to 'Jiang Wanqiu' forcibly tearing the dimensional barrier, it has caused violent fluctuations in the spacetime structure around Earth."

"The shockwave has transmitted to the Earth-Moon system's gravitational balance point..."

"Detected: Far Side of the Moon · Unknown Alien Relic (Codename: Guanghan Palace), stimulated by the shockwave, is waking up early!"

"High-energy signal source activated! Some kind of ancient defense mechanism is initiating!"

The smile on Jiang Chen's face froze instantly.

He turned his neck stiffly, looking at the full moon hanging high in the night sky.

The originally cool moonlight seemed to become a bit eerie at this moment. Although the naked eye couldn't see any changes, he could feel that on the unseen dark side, pairs of eyes were opening, coldly watching this bustling Blue Star.

"What the... hell..."

Jiang Chen couldn't help but swear.

What kind of luck is this?

My wife is coming to slash me, and the commotion was so big it woke up the tiger sleeping next door?

Ahead, there's a yandere empress rushing over with a blade; behind, there's an alien relic attacking right in my face.

Can this life even continue?

"No, I can't stay on Earth."

Jiang Chen's eyes instantly became firm and resolute.

Jiang Wanqiu would be here in three days. If she saw him with Academician Chen Shuyin, it would definitely be Mars colliding with Earth.

He had to separate these two ancestors!

Besides, if he didn't deal with that thing on the Far Side of the Moon, it might really give Earth a major cleansing.

"Isn't this a ready-made excuse?"

A flash of inspiration struck Jiang Chen's mind, and the corner of his mouth curled into a 'plan successful' smile.

He could avoid the upcoming Shura field, go to the moon to get some black technology, and also show off in front of the whole world again.

Killing three birds with one stone!

"Old Zhao!"

Jiang Chen roared into the walkie-talkie, his voice filled with that tragic sense of 'if I don't go to hell, who will?' (though he actually just wanted to run away):

"Stop sneaking food down there! Get up here immediately!"

"Pack your things!"

"We're... going to the moon to take refuge! No, wait, going to the moon to save the world!"